Scholarship to aid families of slain public safety officials

4:53 PM,
Feb. 19, 2014

University of Indianapolis.

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The University of Indianapolis is starting a scholarship program to fund education for dependents of Indianapolis and Marion County public safety employees who are killed in the line of duty.

The Indianapolis Public Safety Scholarship Award gives the children, spouses and domestic partners of public safety employees eligibility to receive full tuition toward an initial undergraduate degree.

Eligibility for the scholarship is open to those affected by line-of-duty deaths retroactive to January 1993, according to a news release from the Indianapolis Department of Public Safety. ...